Churn.



Na. 629,274. y Patentod luly I8, i899.

j H. G. SCHATZ.

C H U B N.

(Application Sled In'. 30, 1899.)

(No Modal.)

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED ,STATES- PATENT EEICE. i

HENRY GEORGE soHArZ, E COMMERCE, IyIIssoUEI, AssIeNoE 0E oNE-I-IALE' To WILLIAM I-IAREY IIUT'IoN, oE SAME PLAGE.

CHURN.

SECIFICATION frmngfpart of Letters Patent No, 629,274, dated- J'uly 1899-. Application iiled March 30,1899. Serial No. 711,102. (No model.)

'i To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENEYGEOEGE Sonnfrz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Commerce, in the county of Scott and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improve ments 'inChurns, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My improvement relates to that class of churns which employs a vibrating dasher; and it has-for its object such a churn in which the stroke of the dasher will be capable of being regulated to suit different size churn-bodies and in which the operating mechanism will be of few parts and eiiicient in operation.

`With these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts which I shall first describe, and then point out the novelfeatures in the appended claims. A n

Reference is to be had to the accompanying Idrawings, in which- .Figure lis a side elevation of my improved churn, the lower part of the'churn-body bef body, I preferably provide the-latter with an annular flange L, with which is adapted to en- 7 5 ing broken away to show the dasher. Fig. is a view similar to Fig. 1,- but at right angles thereto and with the lower half of the churnbody omitted. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a detail plan view illustrating the dasher. Fig. 5 is a verticalsection on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail' view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 7 is asection on the line 7 7, Fig.v l. 0n the top of the churn-body A is placed the cover B, in which all the working parts of the churn are mounted. `Supportedon the cover B are two vertical supports C, at the upper end of which a worin-box D is somewhat loosely held by havingits ends d jour. naled in the upper end of the said support. Through a vertical opening in the worm-boxis fitted to movet the-worm-shaft E, to whose lowerend the upper end of the dasher-shaft F isv securely fastened. The dasher G, consisting of the blades g, provided with openings g', is held on the lower end of the dashershaft F, and just above the blade g is placed the disk-like air-cup g2. Now it will be seen that when the worm-shaft E moves up and down in the Worm-box D the dasher-shaft Fl willalso move up and down through an opeii= ing in the cover B and at the same time will rotate, thereby causing the flasher-blades to break the globules in the' milk, and the aircup'g2 Awill force the cream to the top, expe- 55 diting Ythe separationof the butter.

',"Io operate the worm-shaft E and its accompanying parts, I Y`employ the following mechanism: An 'arm II extends horizontally out from one support C, and a sleeve his it- 6o ted to slide on the arm H, thesaid sleeve having pivotaliy mountedl thereon the rocking lever h', on which isV iitted to slide a second sleeve h2. PivotallyV connected with this sleeve h2 is one end'of a handle J, and inter- 65 mediate of its ends the handle is formed with openings j, in one of which is pivotally se cured-an L-shaped shoe K, Whose smaller member is bifurcated to straddle the dashershaft F, being held in place by two collars Zt 7c and 292,'se'cured on' the shaft at the point 0 its'connection with the worin-shaft. f

To securely hold the parts on the churnmovement of the worm-shaft and dashershaft, andv the' stroke will be proportionate to the position the sleeves h2 and h occupy on 85 the rocking lever h and arm H, respectively. In order, therefore, to lengthen or shorten the stroke, I move said sleeves toward the free ends of the rocking lever and arm or away from the same in order to obtain the length 9o of stroke desired, and when the sleeves have been so adjusted they are securely xed in place by set-screws h3 and h4. To further aid in this adjustment, I have provided the plurality of openings j, anyone of which is adapted to receive the end of the shoe K. It will be observed that I have provided a churn which will be very efficient in operation and which is adapted to a wide range of usefulness by reason of the features of adroo j ustment. hooks M can be caught around the ordinary ,ears of a stone jar, if desired to use the churnoperating mechanism in connection with such a churn-body, and can be easily detached when the butter is formed.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a device of the character described, the dashershaft, the worin-shaft secured to said dashereshaft, a handle for operating the worm-shaft, a rocking lever on which the end of the handle :is adjustably and pivotally mounted, means for securing the said end in adj usted positions, a support for said rocking lever, and means for adjusting said lever on said support, as and for the purpose as set forth.

2. The combination with a churn-body and the cover therefor, of supports on said cover, a worm-shaft mounted to move up and down between said supports and having the dashershaft connected therewith, an arm extended from one of said supports, a rocking lever adjustably mounted on said arm and havingr means for securing it at different points along the arm, and an operatingshandle having one end pivoted to and adjustably held on the said rocking lever and being connected to the worm-shaft to move the saine, as set forth.

3. The combination with a churn-body and the cover therefor, of supports on said cover, a worm-box loosely held between said supports, a worm-shaft iitted in said worm-box and connected with a vertical shaft, an arm extended from one of said supports, a sleeve fitted to slide on said arm, a rocking lever carried by said sleeve, a second sleeve tted to slide on said rocking lever, an operating- Further, it will be noticed the' handle pivotally connected to said last-named sleeve and secured to the worm-shaft to move therewith, and means for securing said sleeves in different positions on the arm and rocking lever, as and for the purpose set forth.

4c. In a churn, the combination with the body, its cover and dasher-shaft, of the vertical supports on said cover, the worm-box journaled between said supports, the wormshaft fitted to move up and down in said box and secured to said dasher-shaft, a horizontal arm on one of said supports, a rocking lever having one end arranged to be held at different points along said arm, an operatinghandle having one end arranged to be held at different points along said rocking lever, and a bifurcated L-shaped shoe having one meniber pivotally secured to the said handle, the bifurcated member of said shoe loosely embracing said dashewshaft and being held thereon, whereby to move the worm-shaft up and down, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a device of the character described, the dasher-shaft, the worin-shaft secured thereto whereby to reciprocate and rotate the dasher-shaft,a handle for operating the Wor1nshaft, the said handle being connected to said worm-shaft between the ends of the handle, a rocking lever on which an end of the han- .dle is pivotally mounted, and means for adjusting the said end of the handle on the roeking lever and securing it in adj usted positions, whereby to shorten or lengthen the stroke of the worin-shaft, as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY GEORGE SOHATZ. 

